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01-31-2011, 04:33 PM | #61 |
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It seems I'm not the only one who made this connection. I find myself attracted to my Kindle for that very reason. (Not because I find my self lost and drunk, it just makes me feel like I have my own copy of The Guide.) I'm currently reading "And Another Thing," the 6th part of the trilogy, by Eoin Colfer. He has Adams' style down. So far I think I like this book better than the last couple Adams books. ApK |
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I too got the ever present "Not available in YOUR area". I even had a look on a few site to see if it was available to buy. No luck yet. Last edited by Mortis; 02-01-2011 at 08:14 PM. Reason: FFS |
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Sadly, content on the BBC iPlayer is only available in the UK, and even then you're supposed to have paid your tv license fee
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It's too bad that the BBC doesn't allow anyone from other "Regions" to view their content, but then again the American networks do the same as I am sure other countries.
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I do wonder whether they're working on some way of getting a licence fee going for overseas users of iPlayer. (It's £145.50/year at the moment.)
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145 Pound!!! Damn thats my monthly rent, although it would be nice, but I'm sure there are other viable options, ones that are slightly less morally acceptable though
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It's a pretty good deal IMO in the UK. Four+ TV channels seven+ radio channels, no advertising, original programming, for just over £12/month. Of course, it's not optional if you watch TV at all. Cheapest Sky TV subscription is over £19/month. And, of course, you must pay the TV licence too. |
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Wow, now I remember one of the reasons I stopped subscribing to TV.
Sorry off topic... Could be worse, could be Vogon poetry "Oh freddled gruntbuggly/thy micturations are to me/As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes. And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles, Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!" Last edited by Mortis; 02-02-2011 at 08:27 AM. Reason: needed another "F" |
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Not as bad as the poetry of that girl from Redbridge.
I hear she was writing about TV license fees. You know, by amazing coincidence, I only became aware of TV license fees this week, while looking up some UK TV standards. Now I see them mentioned again in the this thread. I'm kind of shocked by the idea of license fees to operate a receiver to see stuff they are beaming into your home whether you want it or not. Plus, in the commercial TV model, like here in the US, if a show is bad, we don't have the additional salt in the wound of having paid for it directly out of our own pocket. |
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I've got this ache in the diodes, all down my left side...
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